Britney Spears Fun Facts!

When Britney Spears first burst onto the music scene she had no problem dominating the pop charts and pumping out hit after hit, and signing on as a judge for The X Factorhas thrown her back into the limelight. Find out more about her in Britney Spears Fun Facts!

Britney has been influential on pop artists everywhere

Britney Spears is a judge on The X Factor USCourtesy of FOX

Britney's songs were the theme for Glee's "Britney 2.0"Courtesy of FOX

Did You Know...

Britney’s middle name is Jean

Signed to Jive Records in 1997

She was born December 2nd, 1981 in McComb, Mississippi

She was raised in Kentwood, Louisiana

She started taking dance lessons at age 3

As a kid she took competitive gymnastics and voice lessons, winning children’s competitions in both

She has two siblings, Bryan James and Jamie Lynn

Her debut album Baby One More Time was the best selling album by a teenage artist at the time

She auditioned for The Mickey Mouse Club, but was too young at the time, however impressed by her Disney recommended an agent and she and her mom moved to New York and she got work as an understudy in a production of Ruthless!

In 1992 she accepted onto The New Mickey Mouse Club show

Was in talks to join a girl group called Innosense in 1997

Britney has 6 MTV Music Video Awards, a Grammy, and 9 Billboard Music Awards

Britney raised much controversy over her revealing stage outfits when she first started her career

Britney dated fellow pop star Justin Timberlake for 3 years

Her first book Britney Spears Heart-to-Heart was co-written with her mom

In 2001 she starred in the movie Crossroads, which told the story of a girl from humble beginnings, who goes in search of her mother and loves to sing

Her performance at the 2001 MTV Video Awards with an albino python and caged tiger has become famous, but forced animal rights group PETA to drop her as a potential spokesperson

The same year she released her third studio album, Britney

She took creative control of her fourth studio album In the Zone, which contained the hits “Toxic,” “Everytime” and “Me Against the Music.”

She also signed on as the spokeswoman for Pepsi, and later on Sketchers

She is one of the best-selling female artists of the 21st century

Her voice is a soprano

She says Madonna, Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston have been major influences

She founded the Britney Spears Foundation that helps children in need

She has been dubbed The Princess of Pop

She has put out 7 full length albums since she started her career

She married childhood friend Jason Allan Alexander in Las Vegas in 2004, but the two annulled the marriage immediately

Later in 2004 she became involved with her backup dancer Kevin Federline, they got engaged and were married by the end of the year

She also released her fragrance Curious that year

Had sons Sean and Jayden with Federline, and they divorced in 2007

Following her divorce and the death of her aunt Britney went through a difficult time and was admitted to several hospitals and treatment centers.

The 60 minute documentary Britney: For the Record chronicled her return to the recording industry and was aired on MTV

With the release of Circus in 2008 Britney became the youngest female artist to have 5 albums debut at #1 on the charts

Britney has been the musical theme on Glee for an episode in Season 4

She appeared in an episode of How I Met Your Mother

Became a judge on the second season The X Factor US

​Check out Britney's club hit "Till the World Ends" below!

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